Associate Director, Brand PR

Chicago, IL (On-site)

$164K/yr – $205K/yrSenior LevelFull time

Posted 2 days ago

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Job Summary

Own and lead Kraft Heinz North American brand PR and communications, guiding strategy, media relations, and cross-functional counsel to executives and marketing teams.

  • Develop and oversee earned media campaigns that drive awareness, cultural relevance, and brand affinity
  • Advise leadership on brand decisions, reputational risk, and strategic implications
  • Embed PR and culture intelligence across planning cycles and across marketing and creative functions

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Advance Kraft Heinz’s North American brand PR and communications strategy, ensuring alignment to business priorities, brand growth objectives, and long-term equity building
  • Spearhead earned media efforts for North American brands, partnering closely with marketing, creative, legal and agency teams to design and execute high-impact communications campaigns that drive awareness, cultural relevance, brand affinity and measurable business outcomes including consideration and purchase intent
  • Serve as an internal culture intelligence function, identifying and shaping culturally relevant narratives that connect brand purpose to consumer moments
  • Act as a strategic advisor and thought partner to brand, marketing and executive leadership teams – shaping early-stage thinking on brand decisions, communications implications and reputational impact
  • Provide proactive counsel on cultural risk, opportunity spaces and reputational implications of brand, product and marketing decisions
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with agenda-setting media to ensure consistent brand presence in relevant conversations
  • Manage external PR agencies, setting clear strategy, expectations, and performance metrics
  • Ensure that all communications and activity reflect the Company’s core values and advance Kraft Heinz’s business strategy
  • Operate as a key connector across the organization, ensuring brand PR is embedded early in planning cycles and fully integrated across marketing and creative functions

Requirements

  • Ability to quickly assess complex situations and make sound decisions
  • Strong instinct for what is – and isn’t – a story, with a clear understanding of reputational risk vs. opportunity
  • Comfort making decisions with incomplete information
  • Confident, credible advisor to senior leaders; able to challenge constructively and influence decisions
  • Naturally curious with a sharp editorial mindset
  • Deep interest in culture, media and how attention shifts
  • Strong understanding of how earned media influences the information large language models learn from and surface in responses

Benefits

  • Coverage for employees (and their eligible dependents) through affordable access to healthcare, protection, and saving for the future, we offer plans tailored to meet you and your family’s needs. Coverage for benefits will be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and associated governing plan documents.
  • Wellbeing: We offer events, resources, and learning opportunities that inspire a physical, social, emotional, and financial well-being lifestyle for our employees and their families.
  • You’ll be able to participate in a variety of benefits and wellbeing programs that may vary by role, country, region, union status, and other employment status factors, for example:
  • - Physical - Medical, Prescription Drug, Dental, Vision, Screenings/Assessments
  • - Social - Paid Time Off, Company Holidays, Leave of Absence, Flexible Work Arrangements, Recognition, Training
  • - Emotional – Employee Assistance Program , Wellbeing Programs
  • - Financial – 401k, Life, Accidental Death & Dismemberment, Disability
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The Kraft Heinz Company

The Kraft Heinz Company is one of the largest food and beverage companies in the world, with eight $1 billion+ brands and global sales of approximately $25 billion. We’re a globally trusted producer of high-quality, great-tasting, and nutritious foods for over 150 years. While Kraft Heinz is co-headquartered in Chicago and Pittsburgh, our brands are truly global, with products produced and marketed in over 40 countries. These beloved products include condiments and sauces, cheese and dairy, meals, meats, refreshment beverages, coffee, infant and nutrition products, and numerous other grocery products in a portfolio of more than 200 legacy and emerging brands. We spark joy around mealtime with our iconic brands, including Kraft, Oscar Mayer, Heinz, Philadelphia, Lunchables, Velveeta, Maxwell House, Capri Sun, Ore-Ida, Kool-Aid, Jell-O, Primal Kitchen, and Classico, among others. No matter the brand, we’re united under one vision: To sustainably grow by delighting more consumers globally. Bringing this vision to life is our team of 37,000+ food lovers, creative thinkers, and high performers worldwide. Together, we help provide meals to those in need through our global partnership with Rise Against Hunger. We also stand committed to responsible, sustainable practices that extend to every facet of our business, our consumers, and our communities. Every day, we’re transforming the food industry with bold thinking and unprecedented results. If you share our passion – and are ready to create the future, build a legacy, and lead as a global citizen – there’s only one thing to do: join our table and let’s make life delicious!

Founded in 2015
Chicago, IL, US
26K employees

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